The Genius
Overview
A ramshackle underground SF satire set and shot in the self-absorbed art world of lower Manhattan, written, produced, and directed by Joe Gibbons, who also plays one of the lead parts. Gibbons plays a mad scientist who's developed a technique for transferring personalities from one person's body to another; he becomes obsessed with an outlaw artist (played by performance artist Karen Finley) who destroys paintings in various galleries as a form of anarchist, anticapitalist protest.
About The Genius (1993)
Released in 1993, The Genius is a comedy, crime and science fiction film from Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities (United States of America). It was directed by Emily Breer and Joe Gibbons and written by Joe Gibbons. The cast is led by Joe Gibbons, Karen Finley, Tony Oursler, Tony Conrad and Adolfas Mekas. With a runtime of 1h 26m, the film averages 7.0/10 across 2 TMDB ratings.
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